Wheel attachment for vehicle jacks



March 27, 1951 w. H. e. SLAYMAKER WHEEL ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLE JACKS Filed June 11, 1947 Wiiiiam Henry Gearge Sim maker Patented Mar. 27, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WHEEL ATTACHMENT FOR-VEHICLE JACKS William Henry George Slaymaker, Holland, Ohio Application J une' I1, 1947;. Serial:No.- 753,868.

n .1 M Thi invention-relates to new and useful improvements in vehicle jacks and more particularly to a wheel attachment for vehicle jacks.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a device that permits a vehicle wheel to be raised by a jack without the operator having toclimb under a wheel to apply the same.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide awheel attachment for vehicle jacks that is quickly and readily applied to the wheel in the minimum time.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a device for the foregoing purposes that embodies novel and improved means for attaching the Same Onto one of the lugs of the lugs 30 is removed and the anchor plate Tied r the Wheel ajssembly' being disposed vertically is slipped over the wheel A st1ll further alm of the present invention 1s hub Member 24 is rotated by a lug Wrench Provlde Whee1.atta chmem for ,Jacks that or the like, so that sleeve 28 engages preferably is s1mp1e and practical in construction, strong the lower lug extending through the wheel hub and reliable in use, relatively inexpensive to manplate 36 with the inner face of the anchor plate ufacture Otherwlse l tdapted for the bearing against the terminal portion of the other poses for W.h1ch the same 15 mtendgd' lugs and extension 16 being disposed in a hori- Other obgects and advantages reside in the dezontal p1 arm tails of construction and operation as more fully The head Dortion 38 of a screw "post 40 is then hereinafter described and claimed, reference berecessed in a seat 42 provided in the underside tartsterriersSassa ras of w as M a parts throughout and in which: 45 1s ra1sed and lowered to feed or raise the post Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the 44, the wheel 46 1s raised from the ground level. present inventionin use; A block or other such means may then be Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the presp1ac ed under t wheel a or 2 9 to invention, the lug engaging member removed reta n the vehicle wheel in a raised position as therefrom; the ack and plate are removed from the wheel Fi ure 3 is a fragmentary side elevational View hub so that the Wheel may be dlsenga-ged for of the present invention applied to a Wheel asreplaPememf sembly with parts of the wheel assembly and j s d vlcc 1S partlcl llarll usef W119n t wheel attaching device broken away and shown fool/111g beneath the Vehlcle 18 p0 for an axle i t d, jack whereby the operator may apply the fore- Figure 4 is a perspective vie of th lug going structure without having to climb under gaging member. the vehicle to cause inJury to himself or h1s Referring now to the drawings in detail, wher clothes. in for the purpose of illustration, there is dis- In w f e fo o description taken in closed a preferred embodiment of the present in- Conjunction With the accompanying drawin it vention, the numeral H] represents a substanis believed that a clear understanding of the tially circular anchor plate provided with a cenconstruction, operation and advantages of the tral cut out portion 12 to receive a vehicle hub device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accord- Integrally formed with the plate ID or added ingly deemed unnecessary. as a separate part thereto is an extension Hi, It is t b t d, h that n the axis of which is at right angles to the aXis of though the i h i h n d de cribed a the anchor plate. This extension is provided with an inclined bracing portion I8 preferably integral with the plate and the extension.

A radial notch 20 is provided in the plate to engage the central reduced portion 22 of a lug 3 Claims. (01. 254-133),

. 2 engaging member 24:- This: portion 22 is preferably cylindrical to engage the rounded outermost portion 26. of. the notch 29 in such a manner that portion 22 may rotate therein. At the inner end of member 24 is provided an internally threaded sleeve 28 that receivably engages: one of the, wheel lugsv 30. A preferably hexagonal nut 32 is integrally formed at the outer end; of member 24 for engagement with a lugwrench or the like (not shown) and a washer 34:, loosely mounted on portion 22 bears against the outer face of plate I ll when member 24 is in position to the plate.

In practical use of the device, one nut of one preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. In combination with a vehicle wheel assembly including wheel lugs carried thereby, an anchor plate having a wheel hub receiving opening therein, a lug engaging member rotatably carried by said plate and forming the sole means for attaching the anchor plate to the wheel assembly, and a jack engaging arm fixed to said plate and disposed perpendicular to said plate, said lug engaging member including an internally threaded socket and a multi-sided head portion, said member being removable from said plate.

2. In combination with a vehicle wheel assembly including wheel lugs carried thereby, an anchor plate having an annular opening therein receiving the hub of the wheel, a radial slot provided in said plate communicating With the opening, said slot having a rounded edge, a cylinder rotatably engaging the rounded edge of said slot, an internally threaded socket fixed to one end of said cylinder and receivably engaging a selected one of said lugs, a multi-sided head carried by the remaining end of the cylinder, and an arm fixed to said plate and projecting outwardly at right angles thereto for engaging a jack, said anchor plate resting against the outer ends of all of said lugs except said selected one of said lugs, said cylinder and said socket constituting sole means for attaching the anchor plate to A the wheel assembly.

3. In combination with a vehicle wheel assembly including a plurality of circumferentially spaced wheel lugs one of which is a lower lug, an anchor plate having an opening therein receiving thehub of the Wheel, a radial slot provided in said plate communicating with the opening, said slot having a rounded edge, a cylinder rotatably received in the slot and engaging the rounded edge of said slot, an internally threaded socket at one end of said cylinder receivably engaging the lower lug, said anchor plate bearing against the outer ends of said plurality of lugs except said lower lug, a multi-sided head at the other end of said cylinder, and an arm fixed to said plate projecting outwardly at right angles thereto, said arm having a recess therein for receiving a jack screw.

WILLIAM HENRY GEORGE SLAYMAKER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,750,663 Dart Mar. 18, 1930 2,073,012 Hunter Mar. 9, 1937 2,239,729 Mizer Apr. 29, 1941 2,422,144 Stevens June 10, 1947 

